Mama dont play that.... how to handle a tantrum in public!

My daughter is the queen of tantrums ..... at our house. She throws them all of the time. When Paige wants juice and you dont move fast enough .... TANTRUM!  When Paige wants to watch Mickey Mouse and you're watching television ... TANTRUM! When Paige wants anything and it's either denied or the request is not granted in an instant .... TANTRUM! I do not even remember when they started but they have been happening for a minute. Everyone in our house handles the tantrums differently.  My husband is like

He is so fierce with his no. He wont even acknowledge Paige when she's in tantrum mode. She can get whatever she wants from him but in tantrum mode, its nada! Sometimes Paige's tantrum earns her a spot in the timeout until she can gather up her emotions and check herself. Meanwhile my son is always like

He does not entertain Paige at all. He will roll his eyes and close his door before he deals with a crying Paige. Paige's tantrums do not faze him. Meanwhile I'm always like

I know I shouldnt laugh or entertain her but I cant help it. She always looks so adorable as she's frailing around with fake tears running down her cheeks. My husband always warns me that if I do not get it together at home that the day would come when Paige would embarrass me in public.

So lets go to tonight. Me and the kids are in Walmart. We are walking around, having a good time and relaxing. Paige is in the shopping cart waving at bystanders and speaking lots of Paigenese. Then she asks to get out of the cart. I took her out and she proceeded to crawl around on the floor which was a big no. So she had to go back in the cart. I explained to her that she could not get out of the cart again because she was crawling on the floor and the floor is dirty. Everything was cool until we went to check out. We get to the register and in typical Walmart fashion, there are people everywhere. The lines are long hunty! Paige asks again to get out of the buggy. Before I take her out, I tell her .... "Paige you can walk around but if you get on the floor you're going back in the buggy"

As soon as this child got out of the buggy, she went straight for the floor and started crawling around. Well that was a big no no so I said time to go back in the buggy. As soon as I said the word buggy and went to grab her, the child tried ..... key word ... TRIED .... to throw a tantrum. She didnt make it far. 

See this is what my children know about me. I'm a cool mother but there are certain buttons that you just do not push! Because I am crazy and when those buttons are pushed I go from Suzy Homemaker to 

without even thinking. So when Paige "thought" about throwing a tantrum in the line my alter ego Nae Nae popped out and politely picked her up, put her in the shopping cart and said a NO so fierce that Paige stopped mid-cry and was like ohhhhhhhhhh snap! Her eyes were big and she was looking at me as if I was very unfamiliar to her

but I bet she sat in that cart and acted as if she had an ounce of sense. We went on a merry way and exited stage left. We all learned a valuable lesson that day. Jalen learned that Paige does not get special treatment ....  Naenae will emerge for her too.  Paige learned that acting out in public is just not going to be tolerated.  And I learned that I still have it :)

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